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PERSONAL MOMENTS
Train Your Brain The book ‘A God In Exile’ is an absolute page-turner,
By Shireen Stephen; Rupa and a must for those who desire to learn portrait
photography — that too from maestro like Raghu Rai
Would you like to sharpen your memory? Would you like to keep
your brain agile and focused? Would you like to age-proof your IndIa’s most celebrated photojournalist,
brain so that it stays young, healthy and fit? Then Raghu Rai and Tibet’s iconic spiritual leader, the
this is the book for you. “Train Your Brain” is a book Fourteenth Dalai Lama, share a common fate.
of puzzles, exercises, riddles, and brain games that Both were destined to lose their homelands. Par-
will help boost your brain power and jump-start your tition forced Rai to escape from Pakistan’s Punjab
brain. Whether you are a teenager, young adult, or a province aged five and His Holiness was almost
senior citizen, this book provides a vigorous mental twenty-four when he fled his summer palace in
workout to help increase your memory, sharpen your Lhasa to reach freedom and asylum in India.
deductive and mathematical skills, improve your Their paths began to cross when Rai was
observation, increase your problem-solving skills, and discovered in Paris in 1972 by the legend of 20th-
improve the overall health of your brain. The book century photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson, who
has more than 100 fun, brain-enhancing exercises, immediately voted him into the world’s most
puzzles, and riddles; 50 neurobic exercises that you can practice exclusive photo agency, Magnum. Assignments
anytime, anywhere; and 66 popular games that will help you polish for European magazines then regularly led Rai to
your cognitive skills. the Tibetans’ Himalayan headquarters in exile,
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharamsala, to photograph
the Dalai Lama. The earliest
The awakened FamilY images in A God in Exile
By Shefali Tsabary; Yellow Kite are intimate glimpses into
the private, everyday world
We all have the capacity to raise children who are highly resilient of a dethroned god-king.
and emotionally connected. However, many of us are unable to As their proximity grew,
because we are blinded by modern misconceptions of parenting the ease and affection
and our own inner limitations. “The Awakened Family” with which they interacted
shows you how you can cultivate a relationship with matured into a special
your children so they can thrive; moreover, you can friendship.
be transformed to a state of greater calm, compas- Since then, and after a
sion and wisdom as well. This book will take you on gap of a decade, there has
a journey that will help you transcend your fears and been no looking back. Rai
illusions around parenting and become the parent kept meeting the monk at
you always wanted to be: Fully present and conscious. various places and at dif-
It will arm you with practical, hands-on strategies and ferent events and has continued capturing him
real-life examples from parents and clinical psycholo- and his expressions and moods for more than
gist that show the extraordinary power of being a 30 years. Over all these years, Rai has assembled
conscious parent. Everyone in your family is ready to a range of The Dalai Lama’s photographs which
be awakened. has now turned into a compilation. “A God in
---------------------------------------------------------- Exile: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama” is no less than
a journey into the life of the Nobel Peace Prize
This Book is noT ruBBish winner through a series of photographs — all in
By Isabel Thomas; Hachette shades of black and white.
The book begins with a brief narration by UK-
Our planet is in peril and it needs your help. But the good news is based artist Jane Perkins on the life of The Dalai
that there are loads of easy ways that you can make a difference. Lama — from his birth at the village of Taktser in
From throwing a planet party and ditching straws, to banning glitter Tibet to his current days in India. Following this is
and becoming an art-activist, helping to save the Rai’s encounter with the Dalai Lama, interspersed
planet is not as difficult as you think. Covering issues with charming anecdotes that divide the various
like plastics, pollution, global warming and endan- sections of the book. There is much humour, teas-
gered animals, this is a one-stop guide to becoming ing, generous cooperation and open-heartedness.
an eco-warrior, not an eco-worrier. Discover how to The history of the Dalai Lama lineage and the
ditch plastic, reduce your rubbish and start making discovery and upbringing of the 14th incarnation
everyday steps that will make all the difference. It’s until his miraculous escape to India in March
time to take control of your future and help clear the 1959, are outlined in a detailed and linear essay
world of all this rubbish! The book has hit themarket illustrated by archival images. The very work itself
at a time when children’s authors and illustrators are is ‘filled with his godly presence, ’ in the words of
campaigning against plastic pollution. Raghu Rai.

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